Evaluating School Violence Programs is a collection of
essays designed to provide guidance and resource information about
school violence prevention program evaluation to those who may not
have strong backgrounds in research and evaluation. Editor
Erwin Flaxman introduces the collection with the correct
observation that the myth of an epidemic of school violence needs
to be dispelled even as we need to work more diligently to evaluate
programs directed at preventing such violence. Flaxman also
correctly points out that the most potential for preventing school
violence lies in programs that target, in addition to schools, the
domains of home and community.
To lead into the collection, Flaxman makes several points about
the funding of school violence prevention programs. The chief
point he makes is that funders need to be involved in creating a
culture that will be supportive of the types of program
research and evaluation described in the book’s essays.
The three essays that comprise the collection offer basic
information about research and evaluation and specific information
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Joanne McDanielCenter for the Prevention of School ViolenceE-mail AuthorJOANNE MCDANIEL is director of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence, a resource center and think tank for efforts that promote safer schools and positive youth development. McDaniel is also an adjunct instructor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at North Carolina State University and serves as an associate editor of the Journal of School Violence.